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Long-term care insurance provides answer for seniors

• February 11, 2011

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Time is right for state prison reform

• February 11, 2011

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Government Accountability

Podcast: Talking Transparency

• Elizabeth Stelle
• February 10, 2011

In the latest The BOX podcast, Senior Fellow Jeff Coleman sits down with Representative Jim Christiana after the unanimous passage of his transparency legislation in the State House.

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The Insanity of Keeping Education Status Quo

• February 10, 2011

In a guest opinion in today’s Lebanon Daily News, I make a case that keeping the status quo in education isn’t helping children, parents, taxpayers or teachers. Insanity? Judge…

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Education choice means a new chance

• February 10, 2011

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Taxes & Economy

Green Energy Could Lead to More Blackouts

• Elizabeth Stelle
• February 10, 2011

Recent controlled blackouts in Houston were reportedly caused by the inability of older fossil fuel power plants to operate in unusually cold temperatures. Now proponents of green energy are…

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It’s Time For School Choice In Pennsylvania

• February 9, 2011

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Health Care

Five Reasons Corbett Should Stop Implementing Obamacare

• Elizabeth Stelle
• February 9, 2011

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett has indicated the state will continue to implement federal health care mandates, such as an an insurance exchange, at least for the time being. Here are…

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Education

Chart of the Day: Education Spending Under SB 1

• Nathan Benefield
• February 8, 2011

Below is a chart showing estimated spending in Pennsylvania under Senate Bill 1 (this assumes $50 million for opportunity scholarships, $75 million for…

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Taxes & Economy

A Tax by Any Name Should Still Smell Defeat

• Elizabeth Stelle
• February 7, 2011

State Senator Gene Yaw is pitching a new natural gas tax. The idea is to allow local communities to include the value of natural gas in property tax assessments,…

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Education

Even with Act 1, School Property Taxes Climb

• Nathan Benefield
• February 7, 2011

The Patriot News takes a look at the failure of Act 1 of 2006 (special session) to slow the growth of school property taxes. Indeed, since the slots law…

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Corbett sharpening his budget knife?

• February 7, 2011

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Taxes & Economy

Obama’s Energy Agenda

• February 4, 2011

President Obama traveled to Penn State University yesterday to discuss his energy agenda and unveil his new taxpayer funded program incentivizing states to retrofit commercial buildings for energy efficiency.

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Get off the bench and rise to the Opportunity

• February 4, 2011

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Regulation

With Government Booze, Consumers Lose

• February 4, 2011

It’s funny how we keep hearing union mouthpiece Wendell Young proclaim how much an asset full government control over the liquor sales business is to Pennsylvania consumers, yet consumers still…

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Regulation

Pennsylvania Pensions & Politics: Groundhog Day Edition

• February 2, 2011

Here is Rick Dreyfuss’s latest version of his presentation, Pensions & Politics: Managing “Generational Theft” given today to the Emerald Investment Forum.

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Education

The Evidence on School Vouchers

• Nathan Benefield
• February 2, 2011

Here is a letter I submitted to the Philadelphia Daily News to correct some “facts” about school choice: Elmer Smith’s column denouncing a school choice proposal…

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Health Care

More Bad News for ObamaCare

• Elizabeth Stelle
• February 2, 2011

After Judge Roger Vinson declared that the entire healthcare overhaul is unconstitutional, Heritage analyst Conn Carroll explained how the decision effectively stops implementation in states (including Pennsylvania) that…

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Prisons are busting Pennsylvania’s budget

• February 2, 2011

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Regulation

Reviewing the Evidence on Liquor Privatization

• February 1, 2011

CF President & CEO Matt Brouillette will be debating Wendell Young, President of the UFCW 1776 (the state liquor store employee union) on liquor privatization on PCN TV tonight…

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Education

Union Dues for More Lobbyists

• Nathan Benefield
• February 1, 2011

Last month, the Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA) announced it was raising mandatory dues on teachers and school employees by 11%. Where is that money going? You’d better believe…

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